CPJ offers more insight on QB depth
I’m still getting notes together from the Tuesday news conference, but thought I’d give you Paul Johnson’s full responses to a couple questions about Vad Lee. Here ya go.
Q: Will Lee play against Virginia?
A: We’ll see. I’m going to try to play him some. I’m not going to commit myself to saying he’s going to be in the second series or third series or whatever. I’ll play by feel, to some degree. Vad and I will know that. Nobody else will. I think he did some positive things. He’s got great upside. He’d be the first to tell you, as I said yesterday, that he’s got a lot of things to work on.
The thing that’s remarkable, because of the position, the most popular guy on the team is always the backup quarterback Once Vad plays for a while, it’ll probably be Justin (Thomas). Everywhere I’ve coached, that’s just the way it is. Anthony Harrell went in at linebacker and knocked the snot out of some people and caused two fumbles and nobody’s wanting to know if he’s gong to play again. Trey Braun went in and played offensive guard and did really well, but nobody’s wondering when he’s going to play again.
It’s the nature of the position. But he’s got ability, and we’re going to try to bring him along and not throw him to the lions. He’s still a redshirt freshman. He’s still got a long time to be here and a long time to learn but we’re excited about where he is.
Q: So is he the backup?
A: Situational. It would depend on the situation. Synjyn (Days) is playing A-back mostly in practice, but he’ll still spend some time at quarterback depending on what you’re trying to do and what gives you the best chance. It’s hopeful that as we move along, [Lee] will progress himself to the point that you feel good about him in that situation, could possibly progress to the point where he’s playing all the time some. I don’t know that he will beat the other guy (Tevin Washington) out this year, but there could be a situation where , if he progresses and continues to get better, that we could play with both of them some.
My interpretation: Lee will be brought along slowly and may play in some games, but probably not all. If he continues to progress, he could possibly take up some of Washington’s snaps. I’m not sure what “all the time some” means. I took it as a malapropism.
My Anthony Harrell blog will be up next. (Kidding)
Start your parsing.
In case you missed it…
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Michael Veli a.k.a Jim Donnan's financial advisor
September 11th, 2012
7:25 pm
Paul in NH: Employers and companies paying less in the form of wages and benefits hurts when prices are up, especially gas prices and food but i didn’t mean that inflation causes low wages as inflation can actually raise wages somewhat. My mistake! Who is Paul S.? never heard of him
yeller bug
September 11th, 2012
7:32 pm
@Michael Veli: Well I find it interesting and quite scary as I agree—it’s not a matter of if, but when and how bad. Are you buying physical gold & silver or stocks or ETFs? It is somewhat relevant to GT football—for an economic collapse of the US economy where the Dow drops to about 3000 and unemployment shoots to 40% or higher then that would have an impact on attendance would it not? Tech has sold bonds to pay for our new basketball arena and that could default (I own some of those bonds so I have a vested interest)—granted this is not the forum for a detailed discussion, but if you attend the games, I’d be a pleasure to have you stop by for a brew and BBQ at our tailgating site and hear your thoughts.
As for our current team—invest time in Vad—he’s our future for whatever future we have left. For Arob: A new TO wrinkle—pistol formation with Vad at QB and Days at right A-back–Days initiates motion–Vad takes snap can handoff to Days who continues running off left tackle with Laskey or Snoddy trailing for the pitch or Vad keeps looks for slant pass to WR on left (away from motion) or does a QB draw up the middle—the QO (Quad OPtion).
yeller bug
September 11th, 2012
7:34 pm
I think Paul S. writes an economic column for newsweek
Tech Fan Since 1950
September 11th, 2012
7:49 pm
Vad Lee is the real deal. Anyone who has seen a Tech scrimmage in the last year knows there is something special about Vad. I think Coach Johnson is smart to bring him along slowly this year, but there may be a question as to what is too slowly at some point. Tevin is tough, a leader, a senior, and he deserves to be the starter at this point. Tech is lucky to have such talent in the wings, especially with Justin Thomas being redshirted. The future is very bright for the Yellow Jackets. We want to win now, but 2012 may be the year for a little more patience as this is still a young team. 2013, look out!
Michael Veli a.k.a Jim Donnan's financial advisor
September 11th, 2012
7:49 pm
I was joking about Paul Samuelson, he studied at M.I.T. but died some time back but im sure his articles are ran since he was a genius, reminds me of John Nash somewhat. Anyway, i have nothing in E.T.F.s or stocks whatsoever, just gold, silver, diamonds, inventory, and some commercial real estate that my businesses are on but i try to stay very mobile as far as assets. I like the fact that you support Tech, i don’t even want to entertain the thought of 40 percent unemployement as it would almost certainly lead to massive civil unrest and anarchy. It would be cool to meet you, i’ll be there this saturday with my daughter.
Michael Veli a.k.a Jim Donnan's financial advisor
September 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
I do think that Vad Lee is going to be good but don’t forget about Justin Thomas! With a redshirt year and 20 pounds of muscle added on he could be tough to catch, i think we are building for the future!
slimG
September 11th, 2012
8:00 pm
read between the lines. dude doesn’t know the plays or reads well enough.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 11th, 2012
8:19 pm
Michael Veli…….if you would like to get on a Tech blogger email list and be able to get in touch with other bloggers, I have created such a list (yeller bug is on it, among many others). Drop me an email to supersizeorder@yahoo.com and offer some kind of “proof” that you are the same one posting here, and I will give you my real email address and add you to the list. I plan on at least stopping by yeller bug’s tailgate spot again this Saturday (I met him for the first time before the Pres game); the ribs are GOOD !!!! lol
Jerry
September 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
Synjyn to defense is the right answer. We are just wasting another year of his eligibility having him stand on the sideline. He will never be a QB at Tech or anywhere else. He just can not be trusted with the ball in his hands. The gentleman who made this suggestion earlier is not alone in his thinking on this topic. True Freshman, Redshirt Freshman and now Redshirt Sophomore the sands are flowing through the hour glass.
Tokyo jacket
September 11th, 2012
9:00 pm
Ken, thanks for sending me to the dictionary on “malapropism.” You learn something every day!
BigTimeTECHFan
September 11th, 2012
9:36 pm
Tech is loaded at QB. W, S Days, V Lee, J Thomas, and are all awesome
Tech is loaded at WR, Autry, Greene, Waller, T Henry, Summers
Tech is loaded at RB, LB, OL, DB, long snapper, P, K, etc
National Championship soon to come, you heard it hear first
BLT
September 11th, 2012
9:43 pm
I always thought “Juneval” was a Roman comedian. He wrote some stuff too…like Cicero.
BLT
September 11th, 2012
9:52 pm
FYI- that was a joke…or was it?
yeller bug
September 11th, 2012
11:34 pm
Thanks Super–you are the networking guru of the GT blogs!
I didn’t know Paul S. died—haven’t read newsweek in years. Hope you can stop by this weekend—Super has the details.
As for the UVA game—is it bad form to bet on UVA as a Tech fan? I’m confident that we’ll win, but I don’t see us winning by 10+. We’re not clicking on all cylinders on our offense. We had several runs for a loss against PC, some blown up plays…there’s work to do. I foresee some ugly wins these next two weeks for Tech—but an ugly win is better than a beautiful loss.
Arob
September 12th, 2012
12:03 am
Yeller,
I like that look. Split days & lee back there and snap to either one! Pretty unlikely but that would be fun to watch the defense try to figure it out.
Jacket Time
September 12th, 2012
12:14 am
Michael Veli…. The future is looking pretty good. CPJ seems to know what he is doing. This Travis Custis who is breaking the duece’s HS records seems to be the powerful B-back that we need. Good things are definately on the horizon.
GT LIFE
September 12th, 2012
1:33 am
I would rather take our lumps with a QB that will be here for at least the next 2 years than for one thats gone after this year…….this seems like a no brainer…..I do not understand CPJ
Freddie Blassie
September 12th, 2012
7:51 am
Ken,
Regarding CPJ’s QB answer: I got it: “Playing all the time some”, means that his playing time won’t be situational, rather, his playing time will be awarded regardless of the situation. The some part means that he will share time with Washington.
I love the CPJ 2nd team QB most popular guy on the team statement.
Bring back Jim Donnan
September 12th, 2012
8:54 am
Ken – I like the fact that you are a sesquipedalian. Most of my tech buddies were great engineers but needed help with their vocabularies.
North Ave Killer Beez
September 12th, 2012
9:14 am
Day’s does have the perfect build for safety. Put him some where coach. Makes my stomach turn seeing our best athletes on the sideline. At least Day’s does not wait till the game is on the line to turn the ball over
@ SeanMc
September 12th, 2012
9:19 am
I might be getting waaaaaay ahead of myself – ya think.
NFL – surely you jest.
CFL possibly but an option QB that can’t beat out a substandard TW being NFL bound – that is beyond laughable..
Tech Troll 13
September 12th, 2012
9:21 am
For those of you in Atlanta that listen to 790 AM The Zone.
This is off topic, but I;m mad.
The morning drive crew just put a leghumper on the radio and allowed him to yell “Tech Sucks” not once but twice. After he hung up, they all found it very amusing. I’m done with them.
anti4baldheadedyankees
September 12th, 2012
10:27 am
With the usual exception of WnE,a decent board today. The coaches see hundreds of reps. We see but a few. Synjyn Days will be a force at Tech. Let the coaches bring him along. Few of our ghoster posters understand the importance of blocking by A-Backs and Wide Receivers in our offense. The commentators don’t commment, the posters don’t post, the 5_star univerase does not expand, but the coaches see it, most of our reclining geniuses don’t. As SD get’s to be a better blocker, he will play more A-Back.
anti4baldheadedyankees
September 12th, 2012
10:31 am
To Tech Troll 13, tell everybody to stay clear of the 3 bald headed yankees and maybe they go back to Jersey. What did anybody form Jersey ever know about college football? Saw a great clip this morning og Jim Everett pile-driving Jim Rome, it was great! I thought man would I like to see Paul Johnson or John Rocker or Attilla the Hun do that to those 3 goons, but their not worth it. You cannot win an argument with ignorance, so everybody BOYCOTT the 3 bald headed yankees!
greg
September 12th, 2012
10:40 am
So vad has upside. Tevin hasn’t shown any uside after 20 games and you stick with him. Brilliant!
Get ready for the same boring tw offense. Errant passes and dive plays!
Supersize that order, mutt
September 12th, 2012
10:49 am
In case y’all haven’t heard, Notre Dame is joining the ACC as a full member in all sports except football. In football they will still play 5 ACC teams a year, even though they will not compete for the conference crown. BIG NEWS !!!!
http://www.theacc.com/genrel/091212aaa.html
greg
September 12th, 2012
10:56 am
eventually they will join the acc in football
greg
September 12th, 2012
10:57 am
4 acc teams they will play ss not 5
Supersize that order, mutt
September 12th, 2012
10:58 am
@ greg…..I sure hope so, but remember they have those traditional rivalry games with USC, Mich, Mich State, and Purdue, so it won’t be easy
greg
September 12th, 2012
10:58 am
well on the ajc front page it says this
The Irish and Jackets last met on any field in 2007, and it may still be a while as Notre Dame will only play four ACC teams in football.
Then in the article it says 5. I guess 5 is correct.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 12th, 2012
10:58 am
@ greg, what I heard on the video on that link said 5…..or at least I THINK that’s what it said
Supersize that order, mutt
September 12th, 2012
10:59 am
Yeah, go to the link that I posted. It has a video announcement
Cliff.mcgee
September 12th, 2012
1:40 pm
Loose big games with a ton of upside (Vad Lee), or loose big games the same way tech lost them last year and this year (Tevin Washington). CPJ, seems to have made his decision. I would take Vad Lee and loose by 30 rather than Tevin loosing by 3!
dr.dawg
September 12th, 2012
1:54 pm
vad will go nowhere vis the nfl. he plays the to. no tech qb will go anywhere in the nfl. they don’t learn and play the pro-set. he’ll be a good to average college qb. that is all.
Cliff.mcgee
September 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
It’s simple, fans are not excited and the team want be much better than a year ago! Just put some of these “talented” players on the field, in some meaningful games, and let’s see what they can do. Auburn and Texas A&M they are doing it, why not tech?
blackandwhitestripes
September 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
I can see the mutt fans the post on here headed for the dictionary looking up Malapropism. It was not a slip of the tongue. LOL
blackandwhitestripes
September 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
That, that is.
GTfan2012
September 12th, 2012
4:22 pm
Cliff.mcgee,
I always want the best chance of winning. If you are telling me the likely outcome of our big games in lose by 3 with Tevin or lose by 30 with Vad Lee, then I am going with Tevin every time. And the reasoning is simple and based in probability and statistics. Since NO ONE can predict the future, a likely outcome with Tevin is based on a range of possibilities that includes some of the scenarios WINNING the “BIG” games you suggest. A likely outcome with Vad Lee does not include very many scenarios of winning (if the likely outcome is indeed losing by 30). So then Tevin clearly gives us the best chance to WIN!
AMG
September 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
I was at the spring game and Vad Lee was not ready to start. I was at the last game and Vad looked great. But Tevin looked great the first 6 games last year as well. I am not a Tevin Washington believer and think both Vad and Days offer more upside and in fact I think there are down sides to Tevin. Specifically on 4th and short as well as other specifics. That being said, I agree with the coach “bringing along” Vad lee. It will allow him to develop with out too much pressure and possible have him ready to be the face of the program by the middle or end of this year or beginning next year. If Vad can get 4 or 5 series in against Virginia we will really know how ready he is and my opinion as well as CPJ opinion may change.
North Ave Killer Beez
September 12th, 2012
5:13 pm
After watching TW go no where for three and a half quarters vs UGA last year S.Days came in the game and started moving the ball down the field and time expired. Same thing happened at VaTech. Only Day’s was given no chance. What is the coaches rational? I think he’s so afraid he might be so wrong, he can’t stand it.
Tokyo jacket
September 12th, 2012
8:44 pm
@yeller bug, the play you’re describing is pretty much the bread and butter of the Oregon offense – basically a triple option but with the threat of a read play action pass thrown in there. If you’ve looked at Scoregon’s stat sheet, it’s pretty much lethal. Of course, they have other plays, just like we have the TO and several other plays. But, it’s a big part of the O.
TECHIE
September 13th, 2012
1:36 am
Gooooo you yeller britches, oops you white (?) britches. Yeller britches, silver britches.
TECHIE
September 13th, 2012
1:39 am
I haven’t seen much of that pitch to the trailing back that goes for30-50 yards yet this year. Could it be because of POOR TO NO BLOCKING on the perimeter.? Got to have blocking down field.
TECHIE
September 13th, 2012
1:41 am
It’s good seeing players willing to make a switch for the good of the team. I miss my gold helmets.
TECHIE
September 13th, 2012
1:45 am
Iowa’s throwback unis looked great against IS on Sat. Those go back to the teens and 20’s, looked good to me. Esp. with the white block #’s.
Birmingham Jacket
September 13th, 2012
8:43 am
Time to play Vad Lee.
Chances of winning the Coastal are poor, and it’s clear that TW can’t find the offensive production we had with Nesbitt.
Vad Lee needs to be under center.
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